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Helping Our Children Become Children and youth are typically given little attention in relation to worship through giving. The reasons range from, “They are only children,” to “They don’t have any money.” But children and youth are still members of the Body of Christ. Our children and youth are part of our church today, and they can lead us even more as they become the future spiritual leaders of tomorrow. There must be intentionality in integrating our younger members into worship and in creating worship through giving. This can be done in a way that helps children understand that giving is an act of worship. It is incumbent upon church leaders and parents to develop the next generation of generous supporters of the church. Otherwise young people will never connect faith and money, or money with worship. |
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Vignette Introducing a Congregation to Contemporary Worship How to start a contemporary service if you don’t know what it is like. This was the dilemma that faced Union United Methodist Church in St. Louis. Some members had experienced a form of contemporary worship, and others had not. Some had preconceived ideas while others thought only traditional worship was appropriate. Some thought we needed to try it, and others were ambivalent. In the discussion, it was noted that contemporary worship is contextual and may be different depending on the congregation. As the discussion continued, we realized that we needed to experience contemporary worship. |
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A church staff takes time every couple of months for What complaints do we hear the most? |
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Editors: Lovett H. Weems, Jr. and Ann A. Michel Copyright © 2007 by the G. Douglass Lewis Center for Church Leadership. Leading Ideas material may be freely distributed with attribution (exclusive of material protected by separate copyright). |
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